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Netherlands

The Dutch entry is chosen by AVRO/TROS. The Netherlands has taken part since the first contest in 1956 and has won five times.

21 April – Tomorrow became a cliché of a day

It's about time we went vintage again, just to show what today's performers are following in the footsteps of. Those older songs weren't all...

Indiana Joan gives it some welly

Couple of dodgy notes at the start from Indiana Joan there (as she has been christened, it seems!) but basically a sound performance, and...

Oh yes, the songs …

What are we here for again? Oh yes a festival of popular songing and tunes. I wasn't here for the first few, but my local...

1 July – From the moment we go to sleep till...

Another month and another change in header pictures. Did you like the little heads of state theme I ran? Well, the theme for July...

11 April – I got addicted to a losing game

It's a curious thing that the first song ever heard in a Eurovision Song Contest, and the last song ever heard in a Eurovision...

11 April – We were always a losing game

Anyone can win our favourite TV show. A number of countries had had dismal results before they won. You know who they are. And...

Eurovision 2003 – Second Rehearsals Part One

Netherlands Well she has been practicing!!. The more that I look at this, the more that I get the sense that this could well be...

Netherlands power vocals

Good morning OnEuropeans! Another day in the bubble. Netherlands first up for us today. I’m a little disappointed by this. It’s very plainly staged with...

Mo’s Eurovision Countdown 2019 – Netherlands

I've handed out more Countdown 'nul points' this year than any in my memory. As I said in an earlier review, this year is...

The Netherlands – a complete performance.

I seem not to have written a review about this the first time round. What was I thinking?  Apologies. I do love this song. Its...